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William Desmond
Born
January 23, 1878
Died: November 3, 1949
Lived 71 years
Place of Birth
Horseheads, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
136
Movies
0
TV Shows
Also Known As
William Mannion
The King of the Silent Serials
Bill Desmond
IMDb Profile
William Desmond
Acting
Biography
Starting out in dramatic parts, Desmond soon switched to westerns and action serials, and became a major western star. When the sound era began Desmond was almost 50 years old, and was soon relegated to supporting roles.
Movies
136
TV Shows
0
0
Savage Fury
as
Allen
1956
5.0
Thunder Mountain
as
Townsman (uncredited)
1947
7.0
The Egg and I
as
Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
1947
5.0
Code of the West
as
Settler (uncredited)
1947
6.4
Trail Street
as
Townsman (uncredited)
1947
3.6
Desert Command
as
Capt. Boncour
1946
6.8
Strange Confession
as
Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
1945
6.6
The Naughty Nineties
as
Showboat Customer (uncredited)
1945
8.0
The Return of the Durango Kid
as
Street Ambusher (uncredited)
1945
9.5
Hi, Beautiful
as
Passenger (uncredited)
1944
5.5
The Climax
as
Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
1944
6.5
Tall in the Saddle
as
Townsman (uncredited)
1944
5.6
The Mummy's Ghost
as
Museum Tourist (uncredited)
1944
7.0
Phantom Lady
as
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1944
6.0
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as
Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
1943
6.2
Phantom of the Opera
as
Stagehand (uncredited)
1943
5.0
The Lone Star Trail
as
Bartender Mike
1943
4.0
Cheyenne Roundup
as
Pete
1943
0
Overland Mail
as
Williams - Banker
1942
4.0
The Silver Bullet
as
Townsman
1942
0
Down Rio Grande Way
as
Townsman
1942
5.0
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as
Bartender
1941
5.0
Where Did You Get That Girl?
as
Tourist
1941
6.1
Junior G-Men
as
Irish Cop (uncredited)
1940
5.8
The Boys from Syracuse
as
Citizen
1940
0
Winners of the West
as
Bill Brine
1940
0
Tim Tyler's Luck
as
Dock Official
1937
0
Headin' for the Rio Grande
as
Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
1936
4.7
Song of the Gringo
as
Bailiff
1936
5.5
The Vigilantes Are Coming
as
Anderson, Vigilante Member
1936
2.7
Hollywood Boulevard
as
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
1936
1.0
Treachery Rides the Range
as
Bill
1936
6.4
Flash Gordon
as
Hawkman Lookout Captain
1936
7.0
Song of the Saddle
as
Tim
1936
4.0
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as
Captain of the 'Viking'
1936
0
The Broken Coin
Cast
1936
4.5
Custer's Last Stand
as
Wagon Master
1936
6.8
Frisco Kid
as
Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
1935
6.0
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
as
Foreman Burke
1935
0
Powdersmoke Range
as
Happy - Bartender
1935
0
Courage of the North
as
Gene Travis
1935
0
The Roaring West
as
Jim Parker
1935
5.0
Social Error
as
Policeman
1935
5.0
The Call of the Savage
as
Allen
1935
5.0
The Ghost Rider
as
Guard
1935
5.2
Cyclone of the Saddle
as
Wagon Master
1935
6.0
The Cowboy and the Bandit
as
Sheriff Pete
1935
1.5
Born to Battle
as
John Brownell
1935
5.4
Naughty Marietta
as
Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
1935
0
Wild Waters
as
Sheriff Manning
1935
5.0
Timber Terrors
as
Royce Horter
1935
8.0
Rustlers of Red Dog
as
Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
1935
5.0
When Lightning Strikes
as
Marshal Jack Stevens
1934
2.5
Frontier Days
as
Sheriff Barnes
1934
0
The Way of the West
as
'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
1934
4.0
The Red Rider
as
Sheriff Campbell
1934
6.0
I Can't Escape
as
Parole Officer Donovan
1934
0
Crack-Up
as
Police Chief
1934
6.5
The Vanishing Shadow
as
MacDonald
1934
4.2
The Rawhide Terror
as
Tom Blake
1934
0
Border Guns
as
Dr. Jim Wilson
1934
4.0
Pirate Treasure
as
Capt. Jim Carson
1934
0
Fargo Express
as
Sheriff Joe Thompson
1933
5.7
Perils of Pauline
as
Prof. Thompson
1933
5.5
Strawberry Roan
as
Colonel Brownlee
1933
0
Mr. Broadway
as
1st Suitor (archive footage)
1933
4.0
Gordon of Ghost City
as
John Mulford
1933
6.0
Laughing at Life
as
Military Cabinet Officer
1933
6.0
The Phantom of the Air
as
Thomas Edmonds
1933
5.3
The Three Musketeers
as
Capt. Boncour
1933
0
The Rustler's Roundup
as
San Dimas Sheriff Holden
1933
0
Clancy of the Mounted
as
Dave Moran
1933
1.0
A Scarlet Week-End
Cast
1932
0
Jungle Mystery
as
John Morgan
1932
6.0
The Last Frontier
as
General Custer
1932
5.5
Heroes of the West
as
John Blaine
1932
5.0
Battling with Buffalo Bill
as
John Mills
1931
5.0
The Lightning Warrior
as
Townsman (uncredited)
1931
0
Oklahoma Jim
as
Lacy
1931
9.0
The Vanishing Legion
as
Milesburg Sheriff
1931
0
The Phantom of the West
as
Martin Blair
1930
0
No Defense
as
John Harper
1929
0
No Children
as
Self
1929
0
The Mystery Rider
as
Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
1928
0
The Vanishing Rider
as
Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
1928
0
The Strings of Steel
as
Ned Brown
1926
0
The Ace of Spades
as
Dan Harvey
1925
2.0
The Meddler
as
Richard Gilmore
1925
0
The Burning Trail
as
Smiling Bill Flannigan
1925
0
Red Clay
as
Chief John Nisheto
1925
0
Straight Through
as
Good Deed O'Day
1925
0
Barriers of the Law
as
Rex Brandon
1925
0
Ridin' Pretty
as
Sky Parker
1925
0
Outwitted
as
Jack Blaisdel
1925
0
The Sunset Trail
as
Happy Hobo
1924
0
The Measure of a Man
as
John Fairmeadow
1924
5.0
Hello, 'Frisco
as
William Desmond
1924
0
Big Timber
as
Walter Sandry
1924
0
The Breathless Moment
as
Billy Carson
1924
5.9
The Extra Girl
as
Himself
1923
5.9
The Extra Girl
as
Himself - Actor
1923
0
Beasts of Paradise
as
Phil Grant
1923
0
Shadows of the North
as
Ben 'Wolf' Darby
1923
0
McGuire of the Mounted
as
Bob McGuire
1923
0
The Phantom Fortune
as
Larry Barclay
1923
0
Around the World in 18 Days
as
Phineas Fogg III
1923
0
Night Life in Hollywood
as
Self
1922
0
Perils of the Yukon
as
Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
1922
0
Fightin' Mad
as
Bud McGraw
1921
0
The Policeman and the Baby
as
The Policeman
1921
0
The Child Thou Gavest Me
as
Tom Marshall
1921
0
Women Men Love
as
David Hunter
1921
7.5
The Prince and Betty
as
John Maude
1919
0
A Sage Brush Hamlet
as
Larry Lang
1919
0
Bare-Fisted Gallagher
as
'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
1919
0
The Mints of Hell
as
Dan Burke
1919
0
Her Code of Honor
as
Eugene La Salle
1919
0
Life's a Funny Proposition
as
Jimmie Pendleton
1919
0
Society for Sale
as
Honorable Billy
1918
0
The Marriage Bubble
as
The Actor
1918
0
Captain of His Soul
as
Horace
1918
0
The Sudden Gentleman
as
Garry Garrity
1917
0
Married in Name Only
Cast
1917
0
Flying Colors
as
Brent Brewster
1917
0
Master of His Home
as
Carson Stewart
1917
0
Paws of the Bear
as
Ray Bourke
1917
0
Paddy O'Hara
as
Paddy O'Hara
1917
0
The Last of the Ingrams
as
Jules Ingram
1917
0
The Iced Bullet
as
The Author / Horace Lee
1917
0
A Gamble in Souls
Cast
1916
0
The Dawn Maker
as
Bruce Smithson
1916
0
Bullets and Brown Eyes
as
Prince Carl
1916
0
Peggy
as
Rev. Donald Bruce
1916
0
Peer Gynt
as
The Parson
1915
0
The Majesty of the Law
as
Jackson Morgan Kent
1915
0
Kilmeny
as
Bob Meredith
1915
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